Private company

The Original Tour

Logo: Namsoriginaltour, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

British bus operating company

The Original Tour, formerly Tootbus London is a London bus tour operator using open-top double-decker buses. Based in Wandsworth, it is a subsidiary of First Bus London.2 It is part of RATP.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1951Founded1

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The Original Tour VLE611
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Original Tour, formerly Tootbus London is a London bus tour operator using open-top double-decker buses. Based in Wandsworth, it is a subsidiary of First Bus London.2

Corporate structure

The Original Tour is part of a group headed by RATP. 25 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • RATP Paris, France
    • The Original Tour
    • Bath Bus Company Subsidiary
    • Epsom Coaches Subsidiary · Epsom
    • Ixxi Subsidiary · Paris
    • London United Busways Subsidiary · Twickenham, United Kingdom
    • Open Loop New York Subsidiary · New York City
    • Quality Line Subsidiary · Epsom
    • RATP El Djazaïr Subsidiary · Algiers, Algeria
    • Reolian Public Transport Co. Subsidiary · Macau
    • Selwyns Travel Subsidiary · Runcorn, United Kingdom
    • SOFRETU Subsidiary
    • Yellow Buses Subsidiary
    • Compagnie des transports du Yonnais Subsidiary · France
    • DC Streetcar Subsidiary · Washington, D.C., United States
    • Manchester Metrolink Subsidiary · Manchester, United Kingdom
    • Orlyval Subsidiary · Essonne, France
    • RATP Dev Subsidiary · France
    • RATP DEVELOPPEMENT Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • RATP DEV FRANCE INVEST Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • SCI FONCIERE RD Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • TELCITE NAO Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • Transports annemassiens collectifs Subsidiary · Agglomeration community of Annemasse – Les Voirons, France
    • Transports de l'agglomération de Charleville-Mézières Subsidiary · Ardenne Métropole, France
    • Anatole France Owned · Levallois-Perret, France
    • Gambetta Owned · 20th arrondissement of Paris, France
    • Gare de Cité Universitaire Owned · Paris, France
    • Gare du Nord Owned · 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris, France
    • and 3 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1951Founded Founded1

Sources

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